Hammer.



uNiTED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

PETER B. VREDENBURG, OF MCHANICSVILLE, NEW YORK.

HAMMER.

To all whom fit may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER B. VREDEN- BURG, a citizen of the United States, residing atflvlechanicsville, in the county of Saratoga andl State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hammers, of which the following isa specification.

lThis invention relates to improvements in hammers, and the object of the invention is to provide a hammer so constructed and provided with means whereby the implement may be used for the ordinary purposes of a hammer and whereby long nails may be readily pulled without bending and with only a comparatively small exertion upon the part of the operator.

vWith the above objects in view and others which will appear' as the nature of the invention'progresses, the invention resides in the novel construction of hammer heads hereinafter'fully described and claimed."

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hammer constructed in accordance with the present invention.

. beyond the socket and integrally formed with the front portion of the hammer between the socket 2 and the heel 4 is the arched claw member 5. This member 5 is constructed at a desired arc from the socket 2 and projects asuitable distance above and beyond the said socket. The terminal of the arched claw is bifurcated and has the inner Walls provided thereby beveled so that the same can readily engage with the heads of the nails to be extracted.

The numeral 6 designates a web .projecting from the socket 2 and connectlng the under face of the claw 5.A The archedclaw' Specification of Ile-'sters Patent.

Application led February 15, '1911. Serial No. 608,730.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

5 adjacent its juncture with the hammer proper is formed with an inclined opening 7 the latter being adapted for the reception of a suitable screw 8 which enters the for Ward'portion of the handle 3 and securely retains the handle upon the hammer.

From the above description taken in connection with vthe accompanying drawings,

the simplicity-ofthe device as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought be apparent to those skilled in the art to which such inventions appel-tain, it being` noted that the arched claw provides a ulcrum whereby nails of great length-may be extracted.' It-will be further noted that the vmember 6 reinforces both the claw and head of the hammer and it will be still .further noted that by providing the arched claw with the countersunk opening, the handle of the hammer may be sustained Within the socket thereof without the use of Wedges or analogous devices.

Having thus fully described the invention,

'-What I claim as new, is Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the.

to at the juncture of the heel with the socket,

and said larched claw having an inclined opening directed toward the bore of the socket and adapted for the reception of a' handle securing element, substantially as Aand for thel purpose'set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence oft-wowitnesses.

- PETER B.` VREDENBURG. Witnesses:

-ARTHUR B. VREDENBURG, WIILIAME. PEARSE. 

